Nearly 70% of businesswomen believe it’s difficult to be female in business and 100% said it was crucial they supported other women.

Tralee firm Athena provides ways to analyse valuable data from exam results, writes Trish Dromey

John Daly reports on the successful drive by CIT to support ambitious students across a range of disciplines developing a business on campus.

Newly launched Smart-C is gaining traction with its software solution to manage and maintain compliance on all electrical and fire systems.

Just when we think we’ve reached peak beard, the trend is showing no signs of slowing down.

Investment in public transport is vital if Cork is to avoid crippling traffic congestion like that in Dublin, the Cork Business Association (CBA) has warned.

The Local Enterprise Office for Dublin City have released a report outlining how they have provided over €2 million to tech companies in the capital since it was established in 2014.

Enterprising women are showing the way in West Cork in launching and expanding small businesses.

Ruth Doris Ireland’s food export sector is thriving, according to latest figures from Bord Bia. Irish beef exports are worth €2.5bn annually, and dairy, valued at €4bn now accounts for one-third of our food and drink exports.

Almost 260 jobs were created by small companies in Co Cork last year with the help of more than €1m in grant-aid.

Linda Coyle used to be “a busy fool” preoccupied with the humdrum routine of running her business — now she’s a savvy entrepreneur with an eye to the future, thanks to the help of a Women in Business Programme run by her Local Enterprise Office.

Limerick start-up, the Irish Artisan Charcoal Company, is ambitious to expand beyond Ireland, writes Trish Dromey.

A Cork couple identified a need for a wearable alarm device that runners and sports people could activate should they encounter difficulties when out training. And so Run Angel was born.

As British prime minister Theresa May prepares to trigger Article 50, which marks the formal start of the Brexit talks process, the subject of funding for small businesses here will be even higher on the agenda.

Ireland’s Olympic rowing heroes have urged teenagers to have absolute “confidence and belief” in themselves as they pursue their dreams.

They are both workaholics, have two children each and, spookily, turned vegetarian on the same day even though they were on opposite ends of the planet.

As an alternative to traditional bunnies and eggs, Wexford company Bean & Goose is tempting consumers to try a dark chocolate hare or a chocolate goose egg this Easter.

Calling all budding entrepreneurs in Co Cork — now’s your chance to get real support for smart ideas.

Retired astronaut Chris Hadfield has told Irish teenagers to dream big and aim for the stars.

Aiming to take the risk out of investing in marine renewable energy, Cork startup Exceedence has launched a revolutionary new software tool which can assess whether an energy project stands to make money or lose it.

From crowdfunding, bank loans and venture capital to feasibility funds and innovation vouchers, there seems to be an abundance of options for startups and business owners.

It’s all about making it count — and a national school teacher is doing just that with her new maths board game, which hits the shelves of major toys stores today.

Áine Knitwear has bucked the trend, making clothes that mix the classic and contemporary, writes Trish Dromey.

A teenage entrepreneur got a real boot out of the Student Enterprise Awards national finals in Dublin yesterday.

A toy bought in the US has opened doors to a world of business success for two couples, writes Trish Dromey.

The Rubicon Centre is Ireland’s leading business incubation hub and home to some of the country’s top business start up specialists.

Jobs Minister Richard Bruton said yesterday that his department would make provision for €185m in development and seed capital in the coming year to provide support for critical firms.

She had what many would have considered the dream job — interning for the senior style director of Elle magazine and living a Devil Wears Prada-style life in New York.

A teacher-turned-inventor plans to create up to 10 jobs in West Cork in the manufacture of his new wood-burning stove which, he claims, uses up to 40% less fuel than similar stoves.

Employing a high tech approach, Electricity Exchange is one of the first companies in Ireland to develop a virtual power plant to offer reserve power to the national grid, writes Trish Dromey.

Once Rory McIlroy was seen eating a tube of Wyldsson’s ProMix trail mix during a break in play at the US PGA championship last week, the start-up’s sales have rocketed, writes Trish Dromey

A progressive community development organisation is to align with a new municipal body to boost the development of East Cork.

SEAWEED conjures up stories of a good day at the beach ruined by an encounter with slimy, smelly sea vegetation.

When her online business goes live later this week, Maria Carolan will join the growing ranks of Irish ‘mumpreneurs’ — mums who rear their children while running their own businesses.

IT is the beginning of abortion and the end of austerity — quite a week for the Government, except that neither statement is true.